Rule 3.51.2 Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction OrdersF1
An application under regulation 3 of the DDTRO Regulations (power to make a DDTRO) for a DDTRO—
is to be made by summary application in Form 73; and
must not be intimated to an affected person or their legal representative.
A DDTRO is to be made in Form 74.
An application for discharge, extension or variation of a DDTRO is to be made by an application in the process relating to the DDTRO in Form 75.
Where an application under paragraph (3) is made, the sheriff may make such orders as he or she thinks fit for dealing with the application, including an order—
requiring the applicant to intimate the application and any court order relating to it to any other person;
requiring any party to lodge answers; and
fixing a hearing on the application and any answers.
An application for a DDTRO must be heard and determined in private.
All proceedings in an application for discharge, extension or variation of a DDTRO must be heard and determined in public.
Rule 2.5 (order for intimation to interested persons by the sheriff) does not apply to applications under this Part.
Rule 2.30 (motion procedure), applying Chapter 15 of the Ordinary Cause Rules, applies to motions under this Part.